Dorothy Day lived a life that today poses significant challenges for just about anyone mindful of the least of our brethren.
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Review: Kim Jong Un is ruthless, not deranged
Chung Min Lee reveals Kim Jong Un for what he is: A dictator who will use any methods available to stay on top.
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Review: Baseball’s hidden rules (and what happens when you break them)
How is the modern game of baseball played, and what is expected? How does it differ from past generations of players?
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Review: The Life and Times of Galileo
Galileo’s struggles with ignorant authorities have eerie parallels in our own age.
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Review: Geological virtues
Marcia Bjornerud takes the reader on a tour de force of geology that explains how the contemporary earth sciences help with what religiously inclined readers might call the task of theological anthropology: a consideration of the world beyond humans, the world with humans, and the forces far beyond that shape us all.
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Review: Phyllis Zagano makes the case for women deacons
While Phyllis Zagano thoughtfully draws out the theological implications of her research, her main point is historical: There is simply no precedent on which to base the exclusion of women from the diaconate in the Catholic Church.
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Review: Exploring the radical politics of Los Angeles in the 1960’s
The new book by the historians Mike Davis and Jon Wiener takes readers on a picaresque voyage around Los Angeles during the “long sixties” (1960-1973).
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The troubling tale of a priest who loses his faith
The short story “San Manuel Bueno, Martir” by the Spanish existentialist Miguel de Unamuno can help us to sort out the feelings of the unbelieving minister.
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Editor’s note: Welcome to Spring Books 2020
From features on contemporary writers to looks back at some of our greatest literary figures, along with poetry, biography, social criticism and more, our Spring Books 2020 issue has something for everyone (well, almost everyone).
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Review: Barry Lopez on the mystery of distant environments
Barry Lopez’s new book describes his experiences at six remote sites around the globe: a rugged cape on the Oregon coast; centuries-old human settlements in the Canadian high Arctic; the complex biome of the Galápagos Islands; early-hominid fossil grounds in northern Kenya; a British imperial penal colony in southeastern Australia; and fields of meteorites on the vast ice of Antarctica.